Name
Frederick Cain
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/07/1916
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
19477
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
III. B. 21.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not lost but gone before
UK & Other Memorials
Baldock Town Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Baldock, Hitchin Town Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
He was the son of the late Samuel and Hannah Cain of Hitchin. He attended Hitchin Boys British School in Hitchin. Frederick had a sister who lived at 4, Kent Place, Union Road, Hitchin. Born in and a resident of Hitchin, he worked for W.B. Moss the provisions merchants at their premises in Baldock.
He was resident of Hitchin, he worked for W.B. Moss the provisions merchants at their premises in Baldock. He was also an enthusiastic footballer.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in February 1915 in Bedford, trained at Ampthill Park and was allocated the Regimental Number 19447. He went to France in December 1915 to the 1st Battalion of the Bedfords which was part of the 15th Brigade in the 5th Division. His death was caused when a bomb accidentally exploded and he was killed instantly. Four others were seriously hurt and five slightly injured in the incident.
The 1st Battalion was a few miles south of Arras at the time of his death and was about to move up to the Somme area.
He was buried in Plot 3, Row B, Grave 21 in the Douchy-les-Ayette British Cemetery in France. A private inscription on the stone reads "Not lost but gone before".
Additional Information
Son of the late Samuel and Hannah Cain, of Hitchin, Herts.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Paul Johnson, Jonty Wild
